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I decided to make two opera sculptures. Pure fun. I’m going to hammer home the point that these are about theater rather than jump-scare horror or silent-scream angst by tacking happy-sad theater masks onto them. Subtle, see?

This portrait bust of Licia is done, unless I decide to add ornamentation to the pedestal. It’s made of pottery clay, so I’m debating whether to fire it before making the mold–which entails many hassles– or simply make a mold from the dry clay, which will likely require cracking up the sculpture. I’m inclined toward the latter.

I’ve attached the angels and Mercy Seat to the lid of my Ark of the Covenant replica, and primed it with black automotive primer. Now it’s time to attach the shittim, the acacia or maybe cypress trees that demarcate the sacred space on top. The next job will be refining the main box, then making the carrying poles and painting it all gold, inside and out.

Like this:

This sculpture will be a wall sconce with a small shelf on top. I’ll reproduce it by casting it in lightweight cast stone (or a thin layer of concrete, backed by fiberglass). I’m making this original out of plastilina oil-based clay.